This
and the following episode I haven't read in a very long time. So I'm
going in completely blind. With Resurrection, True Q, Kiss of Death,
heck even The Slayers, I had reason to look into them sooner and so
had an inkling over what to expect. Halloween and Curse of Voyager I
really, really don't. While I remember what Curse is about and the
general plot for it (as well as some really weird shipping),
Halloween's a wider blank. I know what it's very basically about, and
that it has a sequel later in the season, that's it. Said sequel I've
skimmed parts of looking for something, so even that I know better
and couldn't figure out why the two are linked. So yeah Halloween
should be one surprise, good or bad, we'll find out together.

I
don't know what Halloween has in store, or Curse in detail either,
but I know what to expect with YWF, Why oh Why, Cause & Effect,
An Apple A Day and Bittersweet. So it's gonna be quite a while before
I'll be able to say that again. Rest assured while 3/5 out of those
have their problems, they're not really bad episodes despite one's
reputation. Two I thought were good or average aren't, and you'll
know which one I mean by my whining lately.

Note:
As mentioned in the last two, Halloween was released on Halloween
despite The Slayers Part 2 not being ready and allegedly True Q too.
While I think True Q was actually online, just missing its final
scene, it's possible the entire thing was missing and so the
Morgan/Lena and Kiara twist wasn't known to readers of the time.
Halloween I know calls Morgan Lena, and it's likely it may mention
the twist. If I'm right then the sudden name change was a problem on
its own. But I do know there are fourth wall references to True Q not
being finished, at least there were in Bittersweet and so I expect to
see some in this and the named episodes above. You know me, I will
complain a lot if I see anything, whether True Q was online or not.

But
anyway, lets do this. Blind read through of Halloween, lets see if
it's any good.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The
Doctor appeared in his office in Sickbay. He quickly checked his
memory banks, it was the day he had to teach a class on biology.

He
sighed, then he headed towards his desk. He picked up his mobile
emitter and he placed it on his arm.

He
headed out into the corridor and he walked down until he got to the
next door to his right. The door opened and he stepped inside.

The
room was pleasantly quiet and peaceful. The Doctor smiled. He pulled
the chair at his desk out, and he collapsed into it. He sighed
happily as he gently swiveled in the chair.

Silence
was broken with the sound of the door opening again, and of course
the loud noise that sounded like two girls chatting like nobody was
around to hear them.

God
damn I'm torn on this one. Kudos for trying to describe and set the
scene, but some of the details in the second and third paragraph
feels a little, bland and pointless. Could've skipped it I guess.

For
some context, Kiara and Naomi are the 5 going on 16 year old kids,
like Bryan, who will be treated as if they are teens. Though to be
fair Naomi is meant to age quickly

B'Elanna,
Tom & Bryan came in. B'Elanna was carrying Duncan.

"I
don't see why you don't carry Duncan," B'Elanna was saying.

Oh
they're dropping off Bryan at this fake teen biology lesson

"He
doesn't like me, everytime I pick him up he punches me in the
arm," Tom said.

"He's
only a baby, Tom. He's probably just playing with you,"
B'Elanna said as she placed Duncan gently in the mini play area near
the desks. Tom pouted as usual.

Hehheh,
Tom hatred and abuse is in the genes

Danny
& Ian came in carrying a baby each. They put each baby into the
mini play area with Duncan.

Yeah
so maybe you see the problem here. Or problems. One, sure the kids
aren't being sat at a desk with a biology book plopped in front of
them (though Bryan probably will and he can't know how to read yet),
but it seems like Voyager's system for the kids is dump them all in
one room with one person and hope for the best. Two, why is the
Doctor the teacher? And don't say duh biology, explain Resurrection's
opening "Exposition for Dummies" lecture.

One
of the baby's hit the other baby in the arm. She started crying.
Danny picked her back up.

"Kyle,
what have I told you about hitting your sister?" Ian said.

The
lad giggled and he started clapping his hands. Danny put the girl
back into the play area.

"See
ya later Doc," Danny said, she and Ian walked out.

Gee
I wonder why this kid is so disobediant and violent. Hmm, can't be
poor parenting, that's unpossible

fyi,
these twins will be roughly 3 months old. Even Duncan had to be at
least 3 before he could punch walls, and well his parents are the
punch masters so you'd think he'd be quicker about it. I know, FV
kids are unrealistic but it seemed to me like there was some progress
on that front with Duncan... until he started walking around with
pokemon in Slayers.

Kyle
hit Duncan in the arm. Duncan growled slightly and he pushed Kyle.
Kyle started crying.

It's
never too early and don't give me wah he's older picking on a baby,
it's only 3 months and Duncan was meant to have been born 2 months
early, so can't see there being much diference between the 2. Barring
notspoilers cos of Precise Timings of course

I
do wonder what growled slightly is. And a nice little note. The word
used for Kyle is hit, while Duncan's is push.

"Duncan!
Bad boy!" B'Elanna snapped. Duncan smiled at her and he started
playing with some red blocks.

I'm
sure James will be very proud, no sarcasm

"Yeah,
see you later Bryan, Duncan," B'Elanna said. She and Tom walked
out, passing Lena.

*resists
WHO joke because of True Q's missing ending with all my might*

Lena
dumped her bag onto a desk, and she pulled out an angel ring. She
placed it on her head.

"I'm
an angel, so I need an angel ring," she replied.

whut?

Kiara,
Bryan & Naomi burst out laughing. Lena tried to ignore them, but
she got angry when they got louder.

"I
am an angel!" she yelled.

I
have no idea what's happening. If anyone should be saying this, it
should be Emma and that's only cos apart from the getting mad about
it part, this is pretty much something we joke about

"I
have never bad mouthed people," Lena muttered.

"Yes
you have," Kiara said.

"Shut
up, you piece of life wrecking slime!" Lena yelled.

Okay,
Bittersweet technically started this, but I'm gonna be redoing it
and whatnot, and it's a long way to go yet.

Lena
(Child)Abuses Her Power: 1

Lena,
pick on someone your own age," the Doctor said.

"Ok,"
Lena said and she slapped Bryan in the face.

Lena
(Child)Abuses Her Power: 2

Welp,
Bryan is younger than Kiara. good show

"I'm
only one," he moaned.

"You
look seventeen, so shut up," Lena said.

Hey,
remember that little rant earlier in the season where I whined about
not liking Super Sue Morgan? I said something like I don't like
Morgan but I do like Lena. I feel like I need to retract that
statement and reclarify

I
really hate that I made Morgan into a Super Sue, it ruins what I was
trying to do and makes anyone less sympathetic to Lena in the far
future. As for Lena, I only like her after the upgrade from Super Sue
to Super Bitch faded. I have no idea when this happens.

And
yeah I know, True Q gave her a massive reason to be bitter. Her
life's pretty much fake, she has no memories of her childhood etc...
And this is where I get a bit annoyed, the last scene showed
Morgan/Lena being a bit more hopeful and deciding to change for the
better to help her with the trauma. Why annoyed? The scene was
written after Halloween up to An Apple A Day, where most of her
crappy behaviour is. It's really really wrong. I can't blame my usual
changing my mind or writing what suits for this, when the next few
eps are right there already.

Lena
is clearly lashing out, and being a bit weird with the angel
comment, but no sign of her starting afresh... at least in a good way

"I
don't see why I have to come. I'm seventeen for god's sake,"
Lena muttered.

"Lena,
American students in the 21st century were in school at
seventeen," the Doctor said.

"Well,
I'm British," Lena said.

Oh
she turned 17 in between episodes. And oh, Lena thinks because her
friends are English that she is as well. how "cute"

Kiara
makes a fourth wall actress comment which we're meant to laugh at
but it only looks racist like James yeah right comment in Love Spell

"Doc,
can I smash her head against the wall?" Lena asked.

*has
flashbacks to Bittersweet* ohgods

Lena
(Child)Abuses Her Power: 3

YIKES

"Can
I storm out too, Doccy? I still haven't finished these
questions?" Kiara asked.

Show
of hands, who is on Kiara's side?

Okay
okay, who is on Lena's *crickets chirp*

I
know what I was trying to do, have Lena be acting out a lot, blaming
Kiara because of the events of True Q but the other point is to still
have readers sympathise with her. This is not even close to how you
do this. utter and complete failure.

Tom
and Harry were standing on a holographic stage in the VTV Live
Studio program. They both had a microphone each.

"As
you all know it is Halloween Weekend, s

OHNO

I
should've known this would happen, the episode's called Halloween
ffs. I just assumed Bittersweet was its first performance. A good
thing because disaster, a bad thing cos I now gotta re-read this and
erm... any Aqua related things re-opens a backstabbing injury I'd
rather not get into. Doesn't help that Halloween was my favourite of
theirs and for a time was my favourite song of all time, topping
Upendi. Bittersweet soon came (yey), then years later I got a couple
more to replace Halloween permanently. It's just a shame to give up a
song I really like because I have 0 respect for the artist.

Yeah
one day I'll explain why I've gone from crazy Aqua fangirl to
wishing they'd flop hard, and removing their faces from this site,
but for now lets attempt to reread Halloween as a song performance by
Pokeball/Virus and that is all.

Fireworks
were set off on both side of the stage, and flames briefly lit up
the stage. Disco lights lit up the stage as PokéBall appeared
on the stage in Halloween outfits. Music started blasting throughout
the entire studio.

Um,
what kind of Halloween outfits?? Literally could be anything, sheesh

Lena
sang. She was wearing all black, but she had her angel ring on her
head again. Her top also had angel written on it, in glittery writing.

That's...
not really a halloween outfit. What's scary about that

Craig
came up to Lena's side, he was dressed in all black leather and he
had vampire fangs in.

Okay
at least Craig's doing it right... but enough of this came up to
malarky. It's so weird. It's the "said questioningly" and
"muttered", likely replacing "walked".

The
flames lit up the stage again as the chorus started. James and
Jessie joined Craig and Lena. Jessie was dressed all in red, and she
had devil horns on her head. James was all in red too, but he had a
Scream mask on. He pushed it onto the top of his head.

Of
course James is a serial killer. He does realise you're meant to be
your opposite on halloween right? pfttnotfunny

At
the end of the song Craig stood behind Lena, and James stood behind
Jessie. Craig pretended to bite Lena's neck, James pulled out a
plastic knife and pretended to stab Jessie. Both girls screamed and
they fell to the ground. Fireworks were set off again, and the flames
came up again.

I
didn't skip the song, that's literally after the previous quote.
phew, what relief

And
EEEW Craig, pretending to go for Lena's neck. Rehearsed or not, so
wrong, I don't care if she's 17 now, pleasedon't.

James
stabbing Jessie is a bit weird too, and that's a sentence I never
thought I'd type

"What
did you think folks! Were you all glad that James and Craig didn't
sing much," Tom said loud enough for everybody to hear.

"Hey,
don't mess with me, I have a knife," James said.

Kill
Count on standby

Wait,
why is James carrying a real knife for his pretend stabbing. Someone
best check on Jessie

"Oh,
like Tom's going to be scared of a plastic knife, and a guy dressed
up like a vampire," Harry said. Tom walked over to Craig and
James. Tom then took the mask off James' head.

Oh
s$$$, I was joking about the kill count. I best get it copied

Don't
do this to anyone, but sheesh, rudely snatching a mask from James'
face? Death wish Tom here.

"You
know, weren't you suppose to wear this on your face. It would of
saved us from nightmares, I know it's Halloween but this is
ridiculous," Tom said.

Ack,
suppose and no question mark really confused me for a second. goodgod

and
ps Tom, if you want to die, I recommend the painless way of jumping
into an airlock. This isn't going to end well

"Tom,
what's it like hosting the show?" James asked.

"Fun,
why do you ask," Tom replied. James stole Tom's microphone, and
he punched him in the face. As usual Tom went unconscious.

"Because
it looks like I'm taking over for tonight," James said. Harry groaned.

Ha

Didn't
see the taking over part coming

I'm
starting to think I need to start minusing points when James does
this s$$$ on screen, like the Jessie Sins. But nah, I wanna keep
count. Jessie's meant to be working on making up for that Timeless
Muse karma. Maybe another count, an opposition for the Badasses Off
Screen. Would be interesting to see which one wins. I'll think about it.

"But
Tom's better than you," Harry said.

"Does
any of you want to replace Harry?" James asked.

"I
wanna host the show again," Lena said.

"I
take it back," Harry stuttered.

HAHA
WHY IS EVERYONE SO STUPID/FORGETFUL

I'm
gonna blame the Slayers Part 2 for regressing James' character,
DON'T REMIND ME IT WAS WRITTEN AFTER HALLOWEEN, THAT'S WHY DUH, I'M
ALLERGIC TO LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE

"You
gotta love that guy," Tani said as she drooled over the TV, or
so it looked.

UGH,
get a new tune

"Actually
Craig's kinda cute," a strange girl said. Everyone turned to
look her way, she visibly cringed. "I was only joking," she stuttered.

um
ouch, the narration even calls her strange girl. howrude

Kiara,
Bryan and Naomi walked in. Naomi had dressed up like a witch, Kiara
had dressed up in a Starfleet uniform with Captain's pips, plus she
had an auburn wig on, and Bryan had dressed up like a ghost.

aaw
to Kiara's costume, too bad saying aaw to her now is weird since she
looks 15. :( still acts like a 4/5 year old though

"Aren't
you a little old for trick or treat?" Tani asked.

"So,
you are too, and that didn't stop you," Kiara replied

OH
SNAP SON!!!!!

I'm
so glad cheeky/naughty Kiara still exists, ha, it's been too long

"I'm
four," Kiara said.

"Yeah,
and I'm nearly one," Bryan said.

"And
I'm six," Naomi said.

"Yeah
but you all look like teenagers," Neelix said.

"Trick
or treat!" Naomi yelled.

Okay
I'd be on your side normally, but Naomi 6 year old K'Tarians are
pretty much pre-teens, at least judging by Voyager itself.

Still
though, let them trick or treat you nofunalloweders

"What
about Danny's kids?" Bryan asked.

"They're
only guest stars," Neelix replied.

"So's
Duncan," Kiara said.

"He
won't be when the writers find more than one picture of his
actor," Neelix said.

o_0

has
Mummy Returns not come out yet???

"Thank
you Harry. As usual we have more rumours than news I'm afraid.
Firstly one rumour has it that Clive aka Evil C is going out with
Emma, lets speak to Clive first. Over to you Morgan... oh sorry
Lena," B'Elanna said.

The
screen changes to show the Mess Hall. Everyone but Emma and Evil C
are laughing their heads off. Lena is too busy facing away from the
screen, to watch the TV.

"Hey
cool, I can see myself," Lena said.

lol,
ok I can stomach this Lena. More of this please

and
whut Marill, pairing up real people again. wtf is wrong with you.
yes I know it's a Tom rumour but jesus

"Hey
cool, I can see myself," Lena said. She looked back at the
screen. "Er, thanks B'Elanna. Supposedly Tom started that
rumour, so it's no rumour that Tom is going to get a chain-saw
hacking any minute," Lena said. Emma stared at her funny.

"Chain-saw??"
she said in a small squeaky voice and she ran out of the room with
an evil grin on her face.

"No,
not exactly. In an earlier ep we went to the holodeck to chain-saw
Damien and some rabbits," Evil C said.

Jessie:
Can I get a dvd of that?

Harry:
ME TOO

"Cool
program, excuse me," Lena said and she rushed out. The screen
changed back to B'Elanna.

"Er,
thank you Lena. Rumour Number Two, well this one isn't new but Tani
has given us more information about it. Everybody knows about the
Lena fancying James rumour, so lets go and speak with Captain Janeway
about it. Over to you, er whoever replaced Tom," B'Elanna said.

OMG
THIS WILL END WELL

AND
ER, WHOEVER REPLACED TOM. YES THIS WON'T BE AWKWARD AT ALL

The
screen changed to show James & Kathryn in the Ready Room.

"What,
that sick rumour's still going around!" James snapped and he
pouted. Kathryn just stood with her hands on her hips while glaring
at him evily.

James
Dies Count: 1 ... jk

I'm
wondering about what this new information is, while hoping it isn't
the gross he's Kiara's dad rumour *Gag*

"You
better not go near my daughter," Kathryn growled.

"No
probs, I'm not Craig," James muttered.

*pfftsnigger*

In:
"B'Elanna here, would you please ask her the questions I wrote?"

Just
noticed, why is B'Elanna going along with this?

"Oh
fine. Do you think this rumour is.. true.... ugh, that's a stupid
question," James said.

"Of
course not, my daughter has taste," Kathryn growled.

OUCH

I'd
garbage this but the James hate is getting a bit nasty these days. I
totally would though if James actually had done something wrong.
Janeway though knows the rumours about a one sided crush on him (she
knows the Kiara one's not true), and so he's the innocent party. rudeness

spoilers;
I dunno if this is foreshadowing or not, because that remark was
pretty tasteless if it were. If not, still gotta explain the blaming
him for this and not reacting to the craig remark.

"So
ends that interview," James muttered and he stormed out.

Wow,
she actually hurt S2 James' feelings with that? colour me actually
shocked. S1 James would've pouted and folded his arms, maybe
depending on what ep it was. S2 James is more self critical though meh

In:
"Tani to Janeway. If she has taste then why did she go out with Craig?"

"Tani!
Is this true!" Kathryn screeched.

In:
"Yeah, and how dare you insult James!"

ok
nm, Craig does bother her too

"Ok,
that one didn't go well, did it? Ok, Rumour Number Three, I think
everybody knows about this one, people think that Harry fancies Emma.
Lets go speak with Emma," B'Elanna said.

The
screen changes again to Emma's quarters. Emma is in a trance as she
looks upon the TV. Craig walks up to her.

"So,
what do you think?" Craig asked. Emma didn't reply, she was in
a world of her own.

aaw
bless

"So,
er, is this true?" Jessie managed to say just before bursting
out laughing again.

"No,
of course not," Harry muttered, and he pouted.

"I
think it is," Jessie said in a teasing voice.

oy
Jess, you don't like this done to you. some consistency instead of
hypocrisy would be lovely

Jessie's
Sin Points: +1

"Oh
yeah? What was that other rumour about, you know the one about you
fancying James," Harry said. Jessie stared at him angrily, and
she blocked the camera view with her hand.

"Don't
watch this, don't listen to him!" she yelled. Everyone hears a
banging noise, and another sound that sounds like somebody falling
onto the floor. The screen changes back to B'Elanna.

No
garbage or -sin, you deserved that one Jess

"There
you have it, yet another rumour. Spread it around. Okay, that's all
for VTV Live, we hope you'll all be coming to the Halloween party on
the Holodeck tomorrow night. Bye," B'Elanna said.

I'M
SERIOUS, WHY IS B'ELANNA NOT ONLY HUMOURING THESE RUMOURS BUT
ENCOURAGING THEM TOO, GAH

"Captain,
we've entered orbit over Huirnej," Tom said, he had a black eye
still from last night.

The
viewscreen changed to show a dark red skinned man, with yellow eyes,
and black hair.

OH
S$$$ IT'S THE NEW/REBOOT UPENDI VILLAINS

"Our
crew is in need of shoreleave, and we need some food supplies. May
we beam down and visit your marketplace?" Chakotay asked.

"Our
Markets are open to all visitors, and your crew may stay here for as
long as they wish," Turit said.

"This
seems too good to be true, I wonder what the catch is," Tom whispered.

I
got an awayteam f$$$s up for £20

"You
need not worry about our shapeshifting ability, Captain, it is
against our laws to shapeshift. Our shapeshifting abilities have been
responsible for many crimes on our world," Turit said.

oh

forget
what I said above

SPOILERS
OH S$$$ IT'S THE SOFTMICRON, PLEASE NO MORE POKEMON EPISODES, I BEG
OF YOU

butlol,
this is so FV's version of that telepathic murderer episode. So
someone's gonna bump into B'Elanna/Lena, shapeshift into her by
"accident", she'll get the blame for um, thinking about
shapeshifting or angels, and Tuvok/James will uncover a criminal gang
that profits off shapeshifting.

Don't
need to read it now

Emma,
Lilly, Harry, Tom & Triah entered the busiest part of the
market. Not far away was a back alley. Little did the five know, a
man was watching them from there.

Just
why is Tom and Harry in a team with Lilly, Triah and Emma? I won't
ask why the last 3, except maybe Triah, are in a team at all, this is
still old school fv sending kids on missions

The
five away team members followed the woman to the start of a back alley.

"Why
are we going in here?" Tom asked.

YOU
LOT ARE A BUNCH OF MORONS. ENJOY YOUR LACK OF KIDNEYS

"He
was here just a minute ago, he mustn't be far. Please just wait
here," the woman said and she walked away.

"This
is a little suspicious," Triah muttered.

NO
S$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$444

Everyone
heard the sound of footsteps coming up behind them. They all turned
to see who it was. A man, just a little older than the woman they
met, was walking towards them. He walked straight past them and he
walked up to the wall. He turned back around to face them.

"Where
is she?" he asked them roughly.

um
whut

"My
wife, she said she'd be back," the man replied.

"Are
you the sick husband?" Triah asked.

"So
she's told you, I take it you're here to help me," the man replied.

Sick,
yeah I suppose he is

"You
don't look ill," Lilly said.

"That's
because I'm not," the man said.

"Then
we should go," Tom said. They all turned around and headed out.
The woman was in front of them.

"Please
don't leave, my husband needs you," she said. She walked up to
the man.

This
has gotta be the weirdest scam I've ever seen

The
woman glanced at the man briefly. "But you were ill
before," the woman said.

"Don't
worry about me," the man said in an unusually threatening
voice. Suddenly the woman screamed and she fell to the ground. The
away team saw blood coming from her back, and that the man had a
bloody knife in his hands.

Everyone:
o_0

Harry:
F$$$ YEAH GORRY BODIES, MY FETISH

Everyone,
even Emma: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

He
looked at the members of the away team evilly. He clicked his
fingers and a strange shield surrounded Tom, Harry, Triah & Emma.
Somehow it didn't get around Lilly.

Phew,
Lilly was protected by the SueConvenience shield. I was worried Lena
may have stolen it

"She
was really starting to get on my nerves," the man said. He
closed his eyes, and he started to glow. In a matter of seconds he
had shapeshifted to look like Lilly. The next thing she knew she was
lying unconscious on the ground, with the shapeshifter standing above her.

He
wiped the blood on the knife, onto Lilly's hands and face, he then
put the knife into her right hand.

Yeah
um, this guy is more than a bloody shapeshifter.

AND
LOL "next thing she knew she was lying unconscious" WTF HAHAHAHA

The
shapeshifter then kneeled down next to the woman and he continued to
stab her with the knife, in front of the other's eyes.

Harry:
WOOHHOO

Tom:
I worry about you

He
finally stopped and he stood back up. He looked at the woman evilly.
The woman had been stabbed horrifically, blood was covering every bit
of her skin, and her blood shot eyes were still open like she was
staring right at him.

SEASON
TWO EVERYONE. BLOODY AND PAINFULLY SEXIST. I APOLOGISE SEASON THREE,
YOU WILL NEVER BE THIS EDGY. Can't wait for Curse of Voyager to top this

"Somebody
help!" the man yelled as he changed back to his normal form.

Everyone
heard more footsteps, and they quickly turned around. A few people
were rushing towards them. They stopped suddenly when they saw the
woman's dead body.

Yeah
er, your laws suck. A trial would be nice before you burn her at the stake

"This
is the second time this season I've been in a prison. It's getting
rather dull now," Emma muttered. She, Tom, Harry and Triah were
sitting either on the ground or on the bottom half of the bunk beds.

Bet
Jessie's glad she declined this team

"There's
got to be a way to escape," Tom muttered as he looked around.
He spotted a window, the bars on it were broken so a person could
climb out of it. Tom stood up and he rushed over to it. The others
followed him.

"This
is a little too easy," Harry muttered.

oh
come on, this is blatantly a trap

"It's
a sin in our religion to escape from jail, even if you are
innocent," he said.

"We're
not into your religion," Triah said.

"Fine,
you be sinners," the man said as he pointed at them.

"Er...
tell me, what did they put you in here for?" Tom asked.

"I
was framed, framed I tell ya! I'm not a sinner, but you be if you
escape!" the man rambled. Tom climbed up onto the window sill,
and he climbed out of the hole in between the bars. The others
followed him. "Sinners, I be warned you," the man said.

BE
OFF

"I
don't know. It's too risky for all of us to go and look for her, so
only two of us will go, the other two will find a temporary hiding
place," Tom replied.

Um
this is FV, everyone likes Disney, Steps, the A people and Pokemon
soundtracks. I'm glad I started to calm down with this when Girls
Aloud came about. Though that was 2002, it's not far off o_0. My
point is there are no "bad songs", not yet.

"Hey,
Disney songs are great. Besides I've got the perfect tape to make
their ear drums burst," Tom whispered and he put another tape in.

Too
bad/good this is before Justin Timberlake went solo and two years
before f$$$$ Dilemma, or they would've been my only guesses with this
high pitched and awful clue. I can't think which Kylie track this is.

The
minidisk kicked into action. The chorus of Can't Get You Out Of My
Head by Kylie started

Oh
so it is a minidisk. I've never used these, why am I making my
character use them? I mean oh THAT SONG.

This
song is high pitched?

The
guards blocked their ears and fell onto the floor in agony.
Kathryn's voice came up on the minidisk. "Ooo, I love this song!
I can't... get you... out of.... my head!" The guards scream in
even more agonised pain. "Laa laa laa laa (etc)!" Nearly
all the windows in the vicinity break. "I can't... get you...
out of.... my head!" The guard's eardrums burst and they scream
like sissy girls.

OH,
it's a recording of Janeway singing it. Missed that part.

What's
up with the tense keep changing to present?

"Aagh,
I can't get this song out of my head!" the guard said like
Kylie sings the song. He realises this and he screams again.

"AAAAGGGHHHH!
This song is destroying me, now I can't remember where I live!"
the second guard yelled.

"Oh
crap, where do you get this single from! I hate it but I want
it!" the third guard yelled.

On
a minidisk apparently *shrug* did those ever take off? I only
remember the tape/cd and cd/mp3 transitions BOO CDS AND MP3S CAN
COEXIST, SO PFFT I LIKE BOTH

"When's
my birthday? Where are we? Why is the sky blue? Why is my skin red?
What are these things attached to my shoulders?" the second
guard screamed.

Okay
the where I live joke was funny, now you're dragging it out

"Yeah,
quite a lot of people had the same reaction when the song was first
released. Scary thing is, some people loved it," Tom said as he
picked up his minidisk.

Hmm
yeah, if I remember I'm so going to call this out in Half of the
Heart's re-read. That totally ripped this off, and did it better in
both old and reboot.

Five
minutes later, outside the prison:

Harry,
Tom & Lilly arrived at Emma & Triah's hiding place, a broken
down shed in the middle of nowhere.

I
still dunno why I was so specific on when thing's happen. Does it
really matter that it was 5 minutes later. And a broken down shed?
Hey you kids, get off my 2001 lawn (and bring me back that shed, I
need it).

"That
must of been Tom's minidisk. He played a Kylie song that Janeway
sang and the guards went crazy," Harry replied

PREVIOUSLY
ON MARILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT S$$$$Y MUSIC IS TO COME IF "CAN'T
GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD" IS THE MOST ANNOYING SONG IN HER WORLD

"Hey,
this is bad. First I get accused of murder, next the police are
putting this weird needle into my head, next I'm being sentenced to
death, then I get rescued by two idiots who deafened me with Janeway
singing Kylie songs," Lilly said.

"It's
better than the death sentence. You get burned until you becomes
ash," Tom said. Lilly shuddered.

"A
fate worse than death. I couldn't stand the thought of becoming Ash
Ketchum," Lilly said. Emma whispered something in her ear.
"Oh, turned into ash as in burnt dust. Hmm...... I'D RATHER HAVE
THAT THAN HAVING THAT KYLIE SONG SCAR ME FOR LIFE!" Lilly yelled.

Oh,
there's my reading a forced joke that no one finds funny headache.

Anyway
moving on since I was bored of Halloween during the second scene.
Lilly's shouting FOR SOME REASON gets the attention of seven aliens.
But gasp, they're not evil. They're there to help since they also
fell for the help my boyfriend, he needs suckers to frame for my
murder. Who wouldn't?

"We
are the Seven Sinners, I'm T'Lia," one girl replied.

*snip*

"Hey,
you look like those guys from S Club 7," Emma said. The Seven
Sinners collapsed in anime style.

THAT'S
IT HALLOWEEN, YOU'VE BEEN ADDED TO THE ULTRA S$$$ CLUB. SAY HELLO TO
LOVE SPELL, WORLD DOMINATION AND AGGRESSIONS PART 2

Halloween:
Um, hi. I'm here because I apparently have too many pop music
references, and since this is FV that kinda stings to be honest. It's bulls$$$

Aggressions
2: OMG THEY KILLED KENNY

World
Domination: Hush Aggressions, I told you, we can't let you make
statements like that without first telling us what dimension number
Kenny is from. Then we can waste another episode with it like that
was the very deep plan all along.

"We
had to escape from jail. It is a sin in our religion," Jertella replied.

What?
You probably wanted me to cut it out and continue the Re-Read right?
Well more fool you

"Too
help you catch this murderer. We need vengeance," T'Lia replied.

"But
isn't that a sin too?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah,
but we've already committed one sin, committing another won't make a
difference," L'Rike replied.

James:
;)

"I
don't know. He's been hunting us for years, he is one of those
special gifted people on this planet who have telekinetic powers.
This has always proven to be a huge problem," S'Ra said.

Okay,
that still doesn't explain the forcefield and weapon summoning

"So
that's how he knows. What do we do now?" Tom asked.

whut?

Knows?
They said telekinetic, not pathic you dumb broad

and
knows what exactly? That you'd be stupid enough to follow somebody
into an alley

"Don't
worry, we have a place called the Sinners Graveyard. We always go
there to hide," Rerta said.

I
hope that's just a private name between you guys, and not signposted
or anything, otherwise this is not going to end well.

"I
do not know. All we know is that some of your away team played this
fowl and disruptive music to overpower the guards. They are now in
our Mental Asylum," J'Hal replied.

Hey
now, if I didn't get chucked into one for the wanna cut my ears off
that was Umbrella or Cry Me A River, then Kylie ain't gonna be
hospitalising some random guards

"I
have uncovered more evidence that proves Lilly's innocence. 1) She
was discovered with the knife in her right hand, according to her
medical profile she is left handed because she permanently damaged
her right hand in an accident ten years ago. 2) The Doctor scanned
the knife. Lilly's DNA was on it, but a different kind of DNA was on
it. It was Lilly's but it had a strange signature attached to it. As
far as we can tell the DNA was fake," Tuvok said.

2)
DNA and shapeshifting does not work like that, so bulls$$$$ everywhere

"Yes.
Shapeshifting is a serious offensive, with murder included in the
offensive, the guilty party will be punished severely. If captured of
course," J'Hal said.

Yeah,
I'm sensing a massive flaw with that one. Can't put my finger on it

"But
there is still one mystery. The victim's husband statement doesn't
really make any sense. If a native used his or her's shapeshifting
abilities, then he must of noticed," Kathryn said.

NO
S$$$ REALLY, GOOD LORD EVERYONE IN THIS EPISODE IS DUMB

Everyone
arrived at the depressing place. All that was there was a city that
had obviously fell down in an earthquake of some sort. Corpses were
lying everywhere, most had flesh hanging from their bones.

Harry:
0_0

Everyone
else: Ohno

Harry:
I'm home *wipes a tear from his eye*

lol
an earthquake of some sort

"No,
sorry. We use this place to hide because it is suppose to be cursed
by spirits. None of it's true though, but people still don't like to
come here," Rerta replied.

Oh
I'm sure it is. Marill's pulling all the stops to make this as
halloweeny as possible. Murder, idiots in alleys, graveyard, gorry
bodies, a villain that commits bullS$$$, songs that wouldn't register
as merely meh to Marill now being used as torture. Plenty of room for more

Suddenly
Lilly screamed again, and she collapsed onto the floor.

"Oh
come on, quit fooling around Lilly, the song's not that bad,"
Tom muttered. Harry knelt down beside Lilly. She was unconscious.

Yeah
um, I was gonna mention it earlier but even the characters ignored
it, so I did as well with my worst episode convention. Luckily though
Lilly reminds us when she wakes up

"You
know when I said that the guards put needles in my head," Lilly
said questioningly. Triah, Tom and Harry nodded. "Well, for some
reason I had some sort of hallucination. I saw the ritual I was
forced to witness before I was locked up," Lilly replied.

Yeah
everyone glossed over her getting a needle to the brain because she
was too busy having a Kylie tantrum. Deserved really

"The
murderer must witness the Death Ritual. Afterwards the guards put an
hallucinogenic drug into your blood, this makes you witness the
ritual over and over again. This is the usual torture murderers have
to go through before they are executed. We still get the
hallucinations," Rerta said.

Ok,
first the telepathic memories episode, now Ex Post Facto. Does this
episode do anything original?

pfftlolnope

"They
poured some strange acid onto the woman. She decomposed in a few
seconds, right in front of me," Lilly replied.

I...
someone want to help me out here? I'm confused.

Lilly
is forced to watch someone elses execution? Or a funeral rite and
chucking acid on corpses is how they go about it? Or it's their own
execution but their faces are covered so they don't know, or the
woman in her vision is stock footage? Halp

"So
why did she collapse?" Harry asked.

"I
don't know. That has never happened to us before," L'Rike replied.

Well
personally, seeing someone melt instantly in acid would ruin my day.
But that's just me.

"I'm
pretty sure that dead guy just moved," Emma replied as she
pointed towards the corpse that had been blown in the wind.

I
TOLD YOU, HALLOWEEN HAS A "SCARY" CHECKLIST TO GO THROUGH.
TAKING ALL BETS, GHOST OR ZOMBIES, HECK EVEN ANOTHER MUMMY. I HAVE
2/1 ODDS ON ZOMBIES

Three
of the corpses glowed, and they changed into three of the aliens.
They smiled evilly as they looked towards the area the others walked to.

Heh,
okay. It's a good thing no one reads these things anyway *eyes shift*

A
strange wind suddenly started blowing against them. It was
incredibly strong, so they both stopped to avoid getting blown in the
wrong direction. In a couple of seconds it just suddenly stopped like
there was never any wind in the first place.

I'm
sure that's the spirit of Kylie coming to f$$$ you up for all the
song insults.

Harry
looked around all confused. "Can you tell me what just
happened?" he asked. Triah didn't answer him, she was too busy
staring at something in front of her. She slowly tapped him on the
shoulder. He turned around to see what she was looking at. "Holy
crap!" he screamed.

In
front of them was one of the corpses, but it seemed very much alive.
It reached out a hand towards them.

I
thought they'd already shapeshifted back to normal? Oh well, still
could be zombies folks

They
both ran back the way they came. They screeched to a halt after a while.

"Crap,
what's going on?" Triah asked.

Right
in front of them was Triah's school bullies, and some of Harry's
childhood doctors. They all slowly headed towards the two frightened
crewmembers. They didn't waste any time in running away.

*Cause
& Effect slinks in, takes notes, and runs out*

Halloween:
Why do I feel like I've been mugged by a better episode?

T'Lia,
Hapine, Firtuna and S'Ra came back over to the others.

"Where
did you four go?" Rerta asked.

The
four looked at each other briefly, and then they looked back at
Rerta. "We were looking for Triah and Harry," S'Ra replied.

"One
problem, guys. Some of the walls look like they're going to collapse
any second, what happens when they do?" Tom asked.

"I
wouldn't worry about that, they've been like this for years,"
Jertella replied.

Um
whut?

T'Lia,
Hapine, Firtuna and S'Ra headed over to the main door after Rerta
stepped away from it. They turned to face the others. Suddenly they
glowed and turned into completely different aliens. Everyone stared
in shock.

"Haha,
fooled you," one of them laughed.

Are
you f$$$$$ kidding me? When did these guys get separated from Tom
and co?

Suddenly
the strong wind started blowing through the entire building. Harry
and Triah looked at each other nervously. "Not again," they
both muttered.

The
four aliens' eyes widened in horror. Everyone else slowly looked
behind them. Most of them screamed.

WHAT
IS IT, IT'S WORLD DOMINATION ISN'T IT? COME BACK THE GRAVE TO HAUNT US

The
corpse had come back, and it was looking angrily at the four aliens
behind the group. It raised it's left arm into the air and the four
aliens froze on the spot. The corpse raised it's arm higher and the
four started floating into the air, still unable to move. Suddenly
they flew towards the roof, which wasn't there, and they went flying
into the sky. "We're blasting off for the first time!" they
screamed as they did so.

Halloween:
On second thoughts, maybe I should go back to the worst room.

Other
just ok episodes: *glares it out of the door*

"Do
not fear. I am Liria, the wife of the man who's trying to kill
you," the corpse said.

ohmygod
I'm laughing, this is so bad

"So,
who's flying the ship, and manning opps?" Kathryn asked as she
looked around the Bridge. She groaned when she saw who Tom and
Harry's replacements were.

"I
knew that already, you divvy. I wanted to know what it does
exactly," James said.

"What
is a divvy?" Chakotay asked.

"Doesn't
matter, you just proved that you are one," James replied.

ohsnap?
*groan*

So,
where was Halloween meant to be? I'm assuming that since The Slayers
would have to be post Morgan/Lena's arrival, then it was swapped for
The Voyager Conspiracy. While Halloween, with its bonus Lena intro,
was swapped for Worse Case Scenario 2. Only theory that makes sense.
And no, The Love Spell will always be the mould in Season Two's loaf.

Meanwhile
Jessie is also feeling suicidal and asks to fly the ship or land it,
prompting this exchange

"The
'Push if you want to die' button should be on standby, Ensign,"
Kathryn muttered.

"She's
not Chakotay... thank god," James said.

"Jessie's
not better than me at flying," Chakotay said angrily.

"Everyone's
better than you. Even Danny's kids," James said.

"They're
only babies!" Chakotay growled.

"That's
my point, divvy!" James yelled.

"What
the hell is a divvy!" Chakotay yelled.

SIGGGGGGGGGGGGH

If
this was actually a Season Two episode, Chakotay would either be
dead and/or off screened by now. Alas this is a Season One style
entry so he only gets a very slight burn. Oh and poser James, f$$$
off a lot with that insult to your friends baby twins. Really, that's
out of line you faker.

Lilly,
Triah, Harry, Emma, Tom, & Rerta were waiting inside the large
building. Suddenly they heard a large banging noise coming from the
door. Rerta slowly walked forward towards the door, but it suddenly
broke open taking some of the rubble with it. Everyone gasped when
they saw who it was.

"Finally,
I've found you, bwahahaha!"

God
damn my brain is melting. Someone wake me up when it's time to
re-read Curse of Voyager

Liria
turned around to see Jertella and L'Rike morph into two of the
aliens. She quickly pushed her hand out which froze them on the spot.
She then raised her other arm slowly. As she did so the two aliens
started to decompose really quickly, from foot to head. At the same
time Liria was regenerating the same way they were decomposing.

Iinan/Unu:
HEY MAN, WTF

Liria:
HEY, DON'T BE SEXIST

Is
it just me that had to scroll up to double check who is who, since
there's so many alien names in this?

"Now
I'm going to do to you what I did to the other Sinners I
captured," Liria's husband said, and he laughed evilly. Some
blast hit him in the back, and he fell onto the ground. Liria came in
after he did so.

"Liria?
How did..?" Harry said questioningly.

"I
used two of my husbands servants to regenerate," Liria replied.

Seriously,
was I getting warmed up for the next one?

Liria's
husband dragged himself back onto his feet, and he faced Liria.
"So even in death you still follow me," he said angrily. At
that moment about eighteen of the aliens came into the building and
awaited orders. "You lot kill them, I'll deal with Liria personally."

Sheesh,
so much overkill and dontcares

The
fight started. Emma beat up a few with a sharp piece of rubble.
Harry and Tom just punched any that came their way. Triah kicked a
few where it hurts, and she punched a couple. Lilly had picked up a
large piece of wood and she kept smacking any that came near her.

*sniff*
ugh, there's that bulls$$$ again. I was wondering what that stink was.

Lena
must be burning her ears up on the ship, while James' brain tries to
transport down as discreetly as possible for some off screening.
James himself drools over opps

Lilly
smacked one more of the aliens with the piece of wood and she
stopped. "Ohno, not now!" she squealed, then collapsed.
Rerta went over to her to protect her from another one of the aliens.
One came up behind him and they stabbed him.

Wait,
was Rerta the only one left... god damn I can't keep track of this crap

Liria's
husband got knocked to the ground, and Liria was about to kill him.
She hesitated slightly, which gave him time to act. He quickly
morphed a strange bottle, and he threw it at Liria. A strange liquid
came out of it and it went over her. She screamed and she collapsed.
Her skin started to decompose again, but a lot slower.

More
of the aliens came into the room, and they all managed to hold the
awayteam back. Liria's husband walked up to the awayteam with an evil
smile on his face.

Ohnoes,
more aliens, they're even more outnumbered. Whatever shall we do,
they need a miracle

Kathryn
finally lost it. "Right, you two! I want you off the Bridge,
all you've done is caused arguments!" she yelled.

James
and Jessie cowered from where they were. Kathryn had the deathglare
on full blast and she had her hands on her hips.

God
damn it, Halloween. That was the cue. Stop missing it.

Fine,
keep up your season 1yness.

"Now,
that was scary," Jessie was saying.

"What
do you want to do then?" James asked.

"Cherry
Coke," Jessie said.

"Er,
what about it?" James asked.

"I
heard that somebody has a secret stash in the Flyer. We could go an
find it," Jessie replied.

"Yeah,
ok," James said.

*twitch*

Come
on, I'm not joking around. Look at this s$$$. This looks like a
Season One episode, previously deleted, with a Lena scene written
into the beginning to disguise it. You aint bloody fooling me!!!!!!!!!!1

Liria's
husband was connecting Lilly to what looked like an alien life
support system. "Now then this'll keep you alive during the
torture. This'll be sooo much fun," he said.

"You're
insane," Lilly said.

"Why
thanks, but I can't take credit for this torture. Our people punish
people who've used their morphing abilities to kill this way. They
take out each organ one by one, ending with the brain. This machine
will keep you alive until the brain part, obviously it won't be able
to help you there. Now which one should I take out first,"
Liria's husband said. He picked up a very sharp knife.

Whatever
happened to the acid bath ritual? I'm so confused with this, but too
bored to relieve it

Suddenly
the entire building shook as something collided with the ground. A
couple of the aliens rushed outside to see what it was. A building
had just been crushed by a very familiar shuttle. The shuttle was not
in a very good state either.

OH,
IS THE CUE FINALLY HERE

COME
ON JAMES, REMEMBER YOU'RE IN SEASON TWO, PLEASE, I'M BORED OF THIS
EPISODE AND WANT IT DONE

The
rest of the aliens dragged the shuttle's crewmembers into the
building. Tom, Harry, Emma and Triah groaned.

"That
figures," Tom muttered.

"Oy,
keep your dirty hands off me!" Jessie screeched.

I'M
WAITING

(or
are they just here because of Suicidal....ohcome on Marill, you know
the answer, don't get your hopes up)

"We
just went into the flyer to find... something," James replied.

I
KNOW, THE GARBAGE RIGHT

*sobs*

"More
like crash," Tom muttered.

"No
we landed... on a building," Jessie said.

So,
who was flying, that's the question. Since it was a crash I'd say
Jessie but James has regressed to S1, could go either way

"Would
you lot shut up, I'm trying to think," Laria's husband said. He
then started to use the knife, I'll not describe it because it's too
gorry for me to write. Lets just say there was blood, and a bit of
screaming from Lilly.

Harry:
NO WAY, GIVE ME MY GORRY BODIES MARILL, NOWWWWWW

lol
that old school gory spelling. I wonder when I noticed?

Jessie
and James saw the blood and they fainted, as usual.

F***
this, the end, the end!

"Well
before we couldn't get a scanner lock through the planet's
atmosphere. Since the Flyer is down there we can scan around it. The
away team are about three metres away from it," Tuvok replied.

"Can
you beam them out?" Chakotay asked.

"Yes,
but not yet," Tuvok replied.

"Why
not?" Kathryn yelled.

"Well
the writers need to do the important bit first before beam up. So
I'll just say it's going to take some time to beam them out because
the transporters have a problem getting through the atmosphere,"
Tuvok replied.

I
told you Halloween, but you thought you were better. Tut tut, get in
that club and make sure Aggressions 2 doesn't stab you.

Laria's
husband was just about to take out another organ when the awayteam
were beamed out.

"This
is so not fair! I didn't get to finish, what's going to happen
next?" he said in a stroppy voice. Laria came in through the
door and she smiled evilly.

Territory:
Hey baby, I hear you don't like consent and prefer drunk making out

Love
Spell: *blushes*

The
Slayers: Omg, what a slut

Year
of Hell: Uh wow, that was ooc even for a member of our club

The
Slayers: Yeah well, someone from Season Two had to say it, and I'm
all thats left that's allowed in at the moment

Atamit/Return:
*outside* hey, we don't need re-reads to be approved entry! And why
was Territory allowed in early?

Halloween:
:( can this get any worse?

*footsteps
approach*

World
Domination: Guess who's back

Everyone:
*mutters*Oh crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I
thank you, Captain. You are welcome to stay here longer if you
wish," J'Hal said.

"No
thank you, J'Hal. We really should be getting on with our
journey," Kathryn said.

Translation:
are you having a laugh, you (censored) piece of s****

Captains
Log Supplemental: The Doctor has finished treating our awayteam and
they're in perfect help thanks to that reset button. This episode did
seem to finish a little too early, lets hope there's no sequel to
this episode though

Lena
came in with her angel ring on her head, and her angel top on. She
was attempting to put an innocent face on, but she just looked even
more guilty.

"Ok,
Lena, what have you done now?" Kathryn asked.

"Erm,
nothing. I just came here to tell you that Kiara knocked that Bunsen
Burner onto that book," Lena replied.

"The
erm, Book of the Living," Lena replied.

Kathryn
shrugged. "Those Mummy skit episodes are behind us Lena. I
doubt we'll be needing the book again," Kathryn said.

There's
so much wrong with this, I don't even know where to begin, so I won't

Neelix
came over to the table. "Did you two break into the secret
stash of Cherry Coke?" he asked.

HANG
THEM

"It
was the ships stash. I was hiding them from people like Emma and
Lena," Neelix replied.

Jessie
and James quickly stood up and they slowly backed towards the door.
"We'll beam the rest to you," Jessie said.

"Yeah,
see you in a few months," James said.

"A
few months?" Neelix said questioningly.

huh

"We
have to hide out don't we?" James replied. He and Jessie rushed
out of the room

Oh
I don't know, I have whined that the Kill and Off Screen counts are
gathering dust. Bitch slapping most of the Cherry Coke deprived crew
would dust that off a tad

please,
Marill's so very bored

Thankfully
the episode ends reminding us that they left the Flyer behind, with
all the Cherry Coke.

Why
was Neelix hiding the Cherry Coke supply in the Delta Flyer?

So
we could have that "hilarious" James/Jessie scene with
them fainting, and to secure their place in the sequel.

Will
we hear from Laria and her husband again?

We
can only hope they were put into the garbage in some fashion, along
with the Upendi villains and the new Seventh Voyager boss

What
did the aliens put in those needles?

Acid
I guess

Was
this episode suppose to be scary at all?

If
so, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. IT WAS CERTAINLY PAINFUL AT LEAST

Why
was S Club 7 playing the Seven Sinners?

Because
Marill likes to make her future self suffer

Will
those guards recover from their ordeal?

No
and neither will I

How
many Kylie fans will send Marill bad reviews and death threats after
reading this episode?

Precisely
zero because who cares? WHO KNOWS?

Find
out the answers to most of these questions next time on Fifth Voyager.

Hopefully
not because it's The Curse of Voyager time now and thank bloody god.
Well kinda, I still gotta rate this crap

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Counter
Results:

Muttered
Count: 33
(946)

Sexist
Crap Count: 1 (38)

Jessie's
Sin Points: earned 1, lost 0 (17)

Lena
the Sue Count: 0 (30)

Lena
(Child)Abuses Her Power: 3
(3)

Annika
Dies Count: 0
(8)

James
Dies Count: 0 (3)

James
Kill Count: 0 (2)

James
Badasses Off Screen For Our Sins: 0
(15)

Marill's
Playing With Her Dolls Again: 0 (39)

Just
A Little Bit More: 0
(24)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Score:

Negatives:

1)
The opening paragraphs set up a scene that doesn't really happen,
other than the Doc's sense of peace being broken by annoying kids (or
annoying Lena, whatever), I guess. Still, feels like it is wasted.

2)
The I'm an angel comments are really weird, and off putting/denialy
with how s$$$y Lena acts

3)
Speaking of which, Lena is pretty damn nasty in the opening scene.
Great "first" impression there, especially when the episode
was new and True Q's ending was missing, Lena will have seemed like a
new character at first.

*resists
adding a negative point for the Halloween performance due to my
bitterness over Aqua and band scenes. The performance isn't that bad,
it's not just lyrics being quoted... though I am surprised the
infamous only to me dance routine for it I imagined isn't described.
Nah that's all my problems. No negatives... still I'm a whiny cow for
mentioning it anyway*

4)
Why does the plot waste time on the VTV Live episode? I know the
answer, band and shipping filler is top priority in S2. That's a negative.

5)
What's up with that clearly obvious trap setup and the team falling
for it like massive chumps

6)
The alien's legal system sentence accused murderers to death only by
the word of a witness. No trial, nothing. And they burn them at the
stake? This is a species that had to outlaw shapeshifting because it
was causing more crime than helping. There's a massive, titanic sized
flaw in this system.

7)
They also seem to have an honour system in jail at least one
prisoner adheers to. Don't escape from jail is a very specific
sin/commandment. Whether or not the bars on the jail window were
intentional doesn't really matter, it's still dumb. Lazy writing,
clearly. I should give it points for being important for the plot
later, but that only explains the 7 Sinners and screw them.

8)
Torture guards with music gag would be fine and all, if we didn't
have the Disney and minidisk chat, and it didn't drag on. And yes we
get it, Kylie "sucks". They whine about this way too much

9)
The Seven Sinners. Everything about them. Who they "look
like", their unmemorable names, the fact some are killed and
swapped with the killers (so the name thing is a problem here too).
They exposition and lure the team to the plot, that's all.

10)
Doc figures out Lilly's innocent because she is no longer right
handed due to an injury when she was 6/7 years old, that's definitely
been conjured out of thin air to give them some proof. Wasn't the
rubbish with the fake DNA bad enough? It doesn't matter anyway,
Voyager would've found them and rescued them anyway because of J/J's
Flyer stealing. Finding out the truth adds nothing but words and headaches

11)
I still haven't a clue what Lilly was supposed to see in her
punishment visions. Or the point of it. Don't say Suicidal will
explain it, cos I'm pretty sure it's not the hook for that. Also she
has the visions more often and they cause her to collapse more often,
this is commented on but not explained either.

12)
Halloween tries very badly to be a scary, slash horror, and still it
fails miserably.

13)
This whole murder/frame event starts because of one guy who killed
his wife. This escalates to the 7 sinners saying he framed them for
similar crimes, and AGAIN to him having dozens of minions to do his
bidding. Not buying it

14)
The dead wife can come back to life, regenerate like Iinan and Unu
(one episode before Curse of Voyager FYI, maybe that should've been
the halloween theme episode??), is also telekinetic and very good at
it too to send people blasting off like Team Rocket. F$$$ off with this

15)
James and Jessie just have to be in this one, not just because I
wanted them in the sequel cos that'd be a tiny bit ok (I'd still
whine about how forced it is), but to be the episode's comic relief.
Like they were in Season One a lot of the time, EXACTLY like that.
They're idiots manning consoles they shouldn't, annoy the bridge
crew, steal a shuttle just to steal Cherry Coke, crash land it for
luls, get captured effortlessly by the villains (right after a
ridiculous fight scene between 18 shapeshifting aliens and Harry,
Tom, Lilly, Emma and Triah who only lose due to reinforcements), pass
out like twins to excessive blood, and of course are there to secure
their sequel posts.

If
this were Season One I'd be complaining sure, but this is the middle
of Two. Go back to Interactions, Disconnected, Resistance, Saturday
Night, even F9 bloody Control Failure, Resurrection, Kiss of Death,
and True Q, and tell me with a straight face that James and Jessie's
potrayal in Halloween is right (excluding James' punch out of Tom
earlier). You can't, can you. The same characters that have proved
capable, have had serious storylines involving murder, sexual
assault, childhood abuse, unwanted pregnancy and a secret love child,
are made the bumbling comic relief who can't even use Opps, make
snappy comebacks (you divvy x3), talk like adults, contribute to an
action scene, and still pass out at the sight of blood at the same
time? Yeah, no F$$$$ off Halloween, you've single handedly flipped
the bird on most of the good effort Season Two has done so far. At
least Slayers Part 2 had the Steps split excuse to turn James back
into a wheenie, what's yours two months before that, huh? (2
points, deservedly so)

16)
The villains dialogue is so cheesy, even I'm wanting to scrape it
off my pizza and toss it in the bin

17)
As mentioned, the fight scene. 18 shapeshifting aliens versus Tom,
Harry, Lilly and Triah. I'll let Emma off the hook, but these four.
Oh come on. Even better is they hold their own until reinforcements
arrive. lawl. Even Lena might have had a little bother with this, or
James if he were off screen and in the same scene as her. But yeah
Tom and Harry, Lilly, Triah. Sure.

18)
I'm sorry but I gotta laugh at it, in a bad way. The main villain
shapeshifts into a bottle of acid and sprays his dead wife with erm,
himself? Danny would love this s$$$. But no, that's not all that's
funny about this. I get that he can change shape, but why would
anything from him be acidy enough to harm her? If he could do this,
why doesn't he walk around as a knife and stab people whenever he
feels like it? I could buy that. Making his blood or whatever you
want acid, nope. ALSO WHAT IS THIS EPISODE'S OBSESSION WITH ACID?

19)
The finale has the villain taking organs from Lilly because that's
what the aliens do to people who shapeshift??? And I thought the
burning an alien at the stake for murder without a trial was
barbaric, good lord.

20)
Okay fine, the stars of Suicidal were captured by the villain. And?
How does it explain Suicidal's plot? I'm waiting.

Oh
dear, I hope the 1 good followed by 1 bad isn't going to be a
re-occuring pattern (Kiss 38%, Slayers 12%, True Q 35%, Halloween
15%). If so, Curse of Voyager needs to deliver an at least 30%
whopper. If it achieves that I don't have much hope for Cause &
Effect. YWF after that should score well, if I remember it right.
Then we'll get the controversial Why oh Why, and oh gods, this is how
the rest of the season's gonna go isn't it?

That
reminds me, I haven't looked over my previous score guesses yet or
made new ones. I may as well do that for the rest of the season since
I'm already looking at patterns. I didn't guess scores until episode
7, but I did rank 3-6 in the order I thought they would be, so lets
take a look. Red are the ones already ranked at the time.

Resistance
- no contestTrue
Q / Resurrection: 55-60% - LOL, so much for either beating
Resistance, at least they're together in the chart so was right about that.Precise
Timings: 50-55% - LOL againDisconnectedInteractionsGames
ResistanceF9
Control Failure: 28-33% - a little optimistic but closeSaturday
Night: 25-27% - a little pessimistic but closeThrown
Key Part 2
/ Kiss of Death: 20-25% - I was very wrong about Kiss. It was so much
better than I recalled.The
Slayers: 15% or less - correctDimension
Jump: 10-15% - correctThe
Love Spell

Lets
check out the rest of the season at the still not halfway mark
(close though! 15 down, 16 to go). Yes Season Two is too long, 29
episodes instead of 28, the movie and a special. Sigh. It only gets
shorter from here *cough* Season Five's 29+special, and almost novel
length episodes *cough*